Billy R. Stevens, 59, of Williamsburg, died in southeastern Kentucky when his car collided with a salt truck Thursday.

MARYLAND - 3

A 49-year-old man suffered cardiac arrest while shoveling in Abingdon on Saturday.

Officials in Prince George's County said a man collapsed and died Saturday while shoveling snow in Fort Washington.

A 5-year-old girl was sledding down a driveway onto a street when she was hit by an SUV on Monday morning in Sykesville.

NEW JERSEY - 3

Twenty-three-year-old Sashalynn Rosa, of Passaic, and her 1-year-old son, Messiah Bonilla, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a running car that had its tailpipe covered in snow. Rosa's 3-year-old daughter, Saniyah Bonilla, remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Police said Mary Wall, 64, died while shoveling snow Saturday but wasn't found until Monday afternoon when children returning home from school found her snow-covered body in Mahwah.

NEW YORK - 5

Al Mansoor, 66, was struck and killed by a snowplow clearing his driveway just after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Three people died while shoveling snow in New York City - one person on Staten Island and two people in Queens. Police announced the deaths but released no further details.

Angel Ginel was found dead Monday afternoon inside his running, plowed-in car in Brooklyn. His relatives tell the Daily News that they suspect he got inside the car to warm up Sunday and turned it on, and the car got buried.

NORTH CAROLINA - 6

Six people died in car accidents during the storm, authorities have said, including a 4-year-old boy who died Friday afternoon after the pickup truck carrying his family on Interstate 77 near Troutman spun out of control and crashed.

OHIO - 1

A teenager sledding behind an all-terrain vehicle was hit by a truck and killed Friday, the State Highway Patrol said.

PENNSYLVANIA - 8

Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say David Perrotto, 56, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently after his car was buried in snow by a passing plow.

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